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VIEWS FROM A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD
#10 - EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1891
Lithographer: Joseph P. Knapp
  
Illustrations: High Street; A Scotch Lassie; Edinburgh Castle; A Highlander;
Edinburgh from Craigmillar Castle
| Reverse - Text |
Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. |
| The point commanding at
a glance the view of all the most
noted features within and around
Edinburgh, is Calton Hill, at the
summit of which is Nelson's
Monument, its top 350 feet above
the sea, and where every day at
one o'clock an electric time
signal indicates the hour. |
| Edinburgh
Castle is on a rock which was the
site of a stronghold before the
earliest dates of Scottish
history, and is connected with
many of the stirring scenes
recorded in the annals of this
interesting country. The entrance
to the Castle is by an esplanade
on the east. This is the only
entrance. On leaving the
confines, a continuous route
leads through the time-honored
chain of streets, the Lawn
Market, High Street, with its
narrower portion called Nether
Bow, and Cannongate, to Holyrood
Palace. |
| The
Scott Monument is an elegant
structure in the form of an open
crucial Gothic spire, supported
on four early English arches
which serve as a canopy for the
statue. It is about 200 feet
high. Under the central basement
arch is a marble statue of Sir
Walter Scott with a figure of his
favorite dog at his feet. |
| St.
Giles' Church is a Gothic edifice
with massive square tower
terminating in open stone work in
the form of a crown, and is noted
as the scene of many remarkable
events. Behind the church is
Parliament Square. This occupies
the site of an ancient cemetery
where the reformer, John Knox,
was buried. The Hall of
Parliament House is very
beautiful with its stained-glass
windows, pictures and statues. |
| Holyrood
Palace is renowned for legendary
romance as to its origin and for
the actual tragic incidents of
royalty within its walls. On the
way of the Queen's Drive,
Craigmillar Castle is seen in the
distance, where Mary Queen of
Scots often resided. |
| Population 1889, (est.) 271,135. |
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